What No One Tells Christian Women Before They Start a GLP-1

📌 Book a Consultation: gigharbormedicalspa.com/book-now/Most women start a GLP-1 thinking the goal is to eat less and weigh less. That is exactly how these medications are marketed. But a dropping number on the scale is not the same thing as your body getting healthier.When you lose weight rapidly on a GLP-1 without a specific protective strategy in place, a significant portion of what you lose is not fat. It is muscle. In this episode, I'm going to show you what actually determines whether a GLP-1 honors the body you were given, the one number you need before your first dose, and the five checkpoints almost no one covers before they start.⏱️ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Why Most Women Walk Away From a GLP-1 Weaker Than When They Started1:13 Point 1: The Mistake That Turns a Good Decision Into a Setback2:05 Why the Dropping Scale Number Is Not Telling You the Whole Story3:07 Point 2: What Actually Drives Lasting Results on a GLP-14:46 Point 3: How to Honestly Assess Whether You Are Ready to Start5:10 Three Questions to Answer Before Your First Dose7:36 Point 4: The One Number You Need Before Day One8:28 The Patient Case That Standard Labs Completely Missed9:42 Point 5: What to Do This Week Before You Start❓ QUESTIONS ANSWEREDWhat is the biggest mistake women make before starting a GLP-1?Starting without a body composition baseline. Without knowing your lean muscle mass before day one, you have no way to track whether the weight coming off is fat, muscle, or both, and most women end up lighter but metabolically weaker.How do you protect muscle while on a GLP-1?Three things: get a body composition scan before you start to establish your baseline, keep your protein intake high throughout treatment, and maintain resistance training. The medication suppresses appetite, so protein has to be intentional or muscle loss begins almost immediately.What is an InBody scan and why does it matter on a GLP-1?An InBody is a 30-second body composition scan that shows your lean muscle mass, body fat percentage, and visceral fat. It gives you the baseline number your scale will never show, so you can track whether the medication is protecting or depleting what matters most.📱 RESOURCESWebsite: gigharbormedicalspa.comBook a Consultation: gigharbormedicalspa.com/book-now/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theconciergenp_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GHMedicalspa🔔 Subscribe for straight answers about hormones, perimenopause, and women's health from a nurse practitioner with 28 years in medicine and over 100,000 patients treated. New episodes every week.ABOUT SHARON LEMOINE, ARNPSharon Lemoine is a board-certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP, FNP-C) with 28 years in medicine and over 100,000 patients treated. She is the founder of Gig Harbor Medical Spa and Concierge Medicine in Washington State, specializing in hormone optimization, perimenopause and menopause care, functional medicine, weight loss, and peptide therapy. As a Type 1 diabetic, thyroid cancer survivor, and woman navigating surgical menopause herself, Sharon brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to every video. She believes your body is a gift worth honoring, and that you are in control of your health.#Perimenopause #HormoneHealth #WomensHealthOver40 #MenopauseSymptoms #FunctionalMedicine